<h3 id="v3">V3</h3>This will be the penultimate version of New Mecha. It is still an intermediate step but since it changed a lot from previous version i felt it needed its own number. It is basically Duchesse plus my own "booster" LoRA made from a unexpected finetune (i am actually working on UnNamedIXL V5). The idea is that I extracted a LoRA via SVD of V5 minus V4 and added a bit of it to NewMecha: this results in better backgrounds, some i felt the model was missing. It also add more details (some unexpected/unprompted for), i'll tune this for the final V4 before going away.<h3 id="duchesse">Duchesse</h3>Much like "experimental", this version is a step before V3. And it is a testimony to the incredible work of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/user/Chumple">@Chumple</a> on <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/posts/26547351">Duchesse Chaotique</a>!While testing the model, i realised that New Mecha is a but too blurry on background and after a quick test of using my own internal LoRA i made to upgrade New Mecha previously on Duchesse, i though it could integrate a bit of it inside New Mecha to tame it a bit.Here is what the test look like:<img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/1a33069b-f81b-4a6c-89b6-357228663069/original=true/1a33069b-f81b-4a6c-89b6-357228663069.jpeg" />So, i merged this LoRA into duchesse and did a SLERP at low alpha (0.3) of this temporary thingy into V2. This lost a bit of the dark of side of V2, but will constitute a good base to work on V3.NB: For the few people not knowing this regarding merge. When on a model page, look for the Author name and check the icons under it:<img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/d66deb2c-3a42-4ec1-980b-b3d7c7da0016/original=true/d66deb2c-3a42-4ec1-980b-b3d7c7da0016.jpeg" />If this particular icon is here, this is the NOGO for sharing merge (which was not the case for Duchesse Chaotique).<img src="https://image.civitai.com/xG1nkqKTMzGDvpLrqFT7WA/60545918-93d6-42a2-80d8-ed78b4d94941/original=true/60545918-93d6-42a2-80d8-ed78b4d94941.jpeg" /><h3 id="v2">V2</h3>Based on Plus after resetting a bit the CLIP and merging back a bit of the first version, it keeps the crazy and excessive style while being more respectful of prompts. It will not "replace" the Initial commit which is more "standard", but i wanted a version more unhinged similar to the now gone Psychonex model.Showcase pictures post contains all the Forge parameters used for generation.<s>PS: we are stuck </s><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/changelog?id=129"><s>until pictures can get rating</s></a><s> before the model can be accessed</s><s> 😭</s><s>In any case, i am also waiting for the model to be available on-site at next reset and then, a 2k followers bounty should happen 😉</s><s>Bounty is currently running! </s><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/bounties/11070"><s>https://civarchive.com/bounties/11070</s></a>Winning entries are here: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/25315">https://civarchive.com/articles/25315</a><h3 id="plus">Plus</h3>This is not yet the final form of New Mecha, but i wanted to Improve upon Experimental to bring it up to speed on my own "style". The base idea is that i mostly use DPM++ 2M SDE Heun with SGM Uniform as a sampler/scheduler pair, which is not readily available onsite or in some other tools.So, leveraging the dataset i made to make the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2227157/zit-new-mecha-style">ZIT </a>version of New Mecha (which was generated using this pair), i trained a LoRA using Euler A as sampler and used it upon my own checkpoint to help it generate what i wanted with a simpler sampler.This result in a less flat style even with Euler A, which may not fit all intended needs but is closer to my personal taste 😋Usage: 40 steps using Euler A (CFG around 5-6) + a round of img2img at 0.3 denoise should give you similar looking pictures to the showcase one.NB: It got also a bit funky regarding prompt following, which can give nice results but also be a bit frustrating. I'll see to that before a next release (probably with a real fine tune) 😝Also, hands should be fine most of the time, but strange stuff can still happen 😅<h3 id="experimental">Experimental</h3>Long story: <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/articles/23172">https://civarchive.com/articles/23172</a><h3 id="dmd2">DMD2</h3>Update DMD2: Merge of the DMD2 fast LoRA, it alter a bit the style but is nice nonetheless (switch to lower CFG, around 1.2, and 6 to 8 steps, including for Hires.fix and Adetailer)<h3 id="new-mecha">New Mecha</h3>I have too many models and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1947875/postbanixl">PostBan </a>was my attempt at creating something new... but i was not satisfied.<ul><li>HoJ is my prefered style, but it is too messy.</li><li>AnBan is nice but too flat.</li><li>Both of them aren't getting me satisfied anymore.</li></ul>That's when i did some tests with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2081281/pleasurechest?modelVersionId=2354947">PleasureChest </a>by @Ereijtic, together with the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1784001?modelVersionId=2023635">UniversalCLIP </a>by @Felldude : by integrating them with my earliest version of HoJ, i was getting something that really like. But the result was broken. Eyes and hands were unusable, i clearly f**ked up something during the merge. That's why, i thought this could be good opportunity to try <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/ljleb/sd-mecha">sd-mecha</a>. By leveraging this tool, i was able to ensure my merge is consistent and i can share the recipe.With the additional help of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1772667/indexed">Indexed </a>by @epiTune and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1974650">Artistrious </a>by @Jedas , i feel like i got exactly where i wanted to land (or at least i think so. Before i try to do a V2 and get frustrated again :D)New Mecha will be my new main model going forward. No further versions will be made for AnBan, HoJ, PostBan or other miscellaneous models.Here is the sd-mecha recipe:<pre><code>import sd_mecha as sdm
sdm.set_log_level()

clip_uni = sdm.model("clip\\UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm")
clip_v2 = sdm.model("clip\\illus2-clip.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm")
recipe_clip = sdm.slerp(clip_uni, clip_v2)

recipe_base = (
 sdm.pick_component(sdm.model("illustrious\\pleasurechest_v1.safetensors"), "diffuser") |
 sdm.pick_component(sdm.model("vae\\sdxl_vae_extract.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm"), "vae") | 
 recipe_clip
)

models = [
 sdm.model("hoj40c.safetensors"),
 sdm.model("shinv3.safetensors"),
 sdm.model("illustrious\\indexed_v1.safetensors"),
 sdm.model("illustrious\\artistrious_v10.safetensors"),
]

recipe_dare = sdm.ties_with_dare(recipe_base,*models,probability=0.6,seed=42,alpha=0.5)

lora = sdm.convert(sdm.model("..\\Lora\\000000\\HoJ4PC.safetensors"), recipe_dare)
recipe_lora = sdm.add_difference(recipe_dare, lora, alpha=0.3)

sdm.merge(recipe_lora, output="NewMecha.safetensors")</code></pre>Some notes if you want to follow along:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/n-Arno/Illustrious-Upgraders/blob/main/UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors">UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors</a> is the merge of CLIP-L and CLIP-G from the link above, with the keys renamed to fit the SDXL expected naming convention (i ended merging it in a very small quantity, together with the Illustrious V2 CLIP)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/140686/fix-fp16-errors-sdxl-lower-memory-use-sdxl-vae-fp16-fix-by-madebyollin">sdxl_vae_extract.safetensors </a>is the SDXL "FP16 fix" VAE, with the added first_stage_model prefix before the keys for the same reason as above</li><li>HoJ4PC.safetensors is an un-released LoRA i made by substracting HoJ by PleasureChest.</li></ul>This is a messy recipe, my first attempt at using sd-mecha with almost no documentation (i found this <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/ljleb/sd-mecha/blob/real-docs/docs/guide/0-introduction.md">doc </a>in an other branch... but it's a little light :D)Regarding usage... well, i think it is un-needed to provide any pointers. Because basically, use the checkpoint as you would any other Illustrious model usually and it should work :DMy usual go-to for local gen is either Euler A or DPM++ 2M SDE Heun and SGM Uniform, 20 or 40 steps depending on the amount of details i want, CFG 4 or 7 depending of the freedom i want to give to the model.Two grid are available in the showcases pictures for demo.You don't really need "quality tags", add the one you like. Sometimes, i just add <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1062439?modelVersionId=1192334">IllusP0s</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1065154?modelVersionId=1470551">SmoothPos </a>or <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1220213?modelVersionId=1374643">dfPos</a>. I made a "<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/2112706?modelVersionId=2390050">MechaP0s</a>" using this model CLIP since it differs from traditional Illustrious a bit.For negative prompt, i usually leverage <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civarchive.com/models/1062439?modelVersionId=1192359">IllusN3g</a>, but hey, you can go crazy with your usual neg if you want :DAdetailer is also a good help, but whatever facefix tool you like is fine.Enjoy! (if you do a merge, a small link to here is appreciated.)Disclaimer: This model was posted on Civitai ONLY. If you find this model elsewhere, know that it was not posted by me (but really i don't care anymore, just be aware that commercial use of this model is FORBIDDEN).

(illustrious) New Mecha

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IllustriousNewMecha_v2.safetensors

Duchesse

Plus

Experimental

DMD2

Initial Commit

I have too many models and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1947875/postbanixl">PostBan </a>was my attempt at creating something new... but i was not satisfied.<ul><li>HoJ is my prefered style, but it is too messy.</li><li>AnBan is nice but too flat.</li><li>Both of them aren't getting me satisfied anymore.</li></ul>That's when i did some tests with <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/2081281/pleasurechest?modelVersionId=2354947">PleasureChest </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://civitai.com/user/Ereijtic">@Ereijtic</a>, together with the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1784001?modelVersionId=2023635">UniversalCLIP </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://civitai.com/user/Felldude">@Felldude</a> : by integrating them with my earliest version of HoJ, i was getting something that really like. But the result was broken. Eyes and hands were unusable, i clearly f**ked up something during the merge. That's why, i thought this could be good opportunity to try <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/ljleb/sd-mecha">sd-mecha</a>. By leveraging this tool, i was able to ensure my merge is consistent and i can share the recipe.With the additional help of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1772667/indexed">Indexed </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://civitai.com/user/epiTune">@epiTune</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1974650">Artistrious </a>by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://civitai.com/user/Jedas">@Jedas</a> , i feel like i got exactly where i wanted to land (or at least i think so. Before i try to do a V2 and get frustrated again :D)New Mecha will be my new main model going forward. No further versions will be made for AnBan, HoJ, PostBan or other miscellaneous models.Here is the sd-mecha recipe:import sd_mecha as sdm sdm.set_log_level() clip_uni = sdm.model("clip\\UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm") clip_v2 = sdm.model("clip\\illus2-clip.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm") recipe_clip = sdm.slerp(clip_uni, clip_v2) recipe_base = ( sdm.pick_component(sdm.model("illustrious\\pleasurechest_v1.safetensors"), "diffuser") | sdm.pick_component(sdm.model("vae\\sdxl_vae_extract.safetensors", config="sdxl-sgm"), "vae") | recipe_clip ) models = [ sdm.model("hoj40c.safetensors"), sdm.model("shinv3.safetensors"), sdm.model("illustrious\\indexed_v1.safetensors"), sdm.model("illustrious\\artistrious_v10.safetensors"), ] recipe_dare = sdm.ties_with_dare(recipe_base,*models,probability=0.6,seed=42,alpha=0.5) lora = sdm.convert(sdm.model("..\\Lora\\000000\\HoJ4PC.safetensors"), recipe_dare) recipe_lora = sdm.add_difference(recipe_dare, lora, alpha=0.3) sdm.merge(recipe_lora, output="NewMecha.safetensors")Some notes if you want to follow along:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://huggingface.co/n-Arno/Illustrious-Upgraders/blob/main/UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors">UniversalCLIPbase.safetensors</a> is the merge of CLIP-L and CLIP-G from the link above, with the keys renamed to fit the SDXL expected naming convention (i ended merging it in a very small quantity, together with the Illustrious V2 CLIP)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/140686/fix-fp16-errors-sdxl-lower-memory-use-sdxl-vae-fp16-fix-by-madebyollin">sdxl_vae_extract.safetensors </a>is the SDXL "FP16 fix" VAE, with the added first_stage_model prefix before the keys for the same reason as above</li><li>HoJ4PC.safetensors is an un-released LoRA i made by substracting HoJ by PleasureChest.</li></ul>This is a messy recipe, my first attempt at using sd-mecha with almost no documentation (i found this <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://github.com/ljleb/sd-mecha/blob/real-docs/docs/guide/0-introduction.md">doc </a>in an other branch... but it's a little light :D)Regarding usage... well, i think it is un-needed to provide any pointers. Because basically, use the checkpoint as you would any other Illustrious model usually and it should work :DMy usual go-to for local gen is either Euler A or DPM++ 2M SDE Heun and SGM Uniform, 20 or 40 steps depending on the amount of details i want, CFG 4 or 7 depending of the freedom i want to give to the model.Two grid are available in the showcases pictures for demo.You don't really need "quality tags", add the one you like. Sometimes, i just add <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1062439?modelVersionId=1192334">IllusP0s</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1065154?modelVersionId=1470551">SmoothPos </a>or <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1220213?modelVersionId=1374643">dfPos</a>. I made a "MechaP0s" using this model CLIP since it differs from traditional Illustrious a bit.For negative prompt, i usually leverage <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://civitai.com/models/1062439?modelVersionId=1192359">IllusN3g</a>, but hey, you can go crazy with your usual neg if you want :DAdetailer is also a good help, but whatever facefix tool you like is fine.Enjoy! (if you do a merge, a small link to here is appreciated.)

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